I have posted about changing the TFS Source Control Cache Settings in order to boost performance here How can we be sure that the changes are correct and we have better performance now? The TFS is saving statistics so you can monitor the cache performance easily. What can you see? Current cache size Total cache hits Total download requests Total files in cache How can you see it? Step 1: Log in to the application tier and open a browser. Step 2: Surf to - http://localhost:8080/VersionControl/v1.0...
The TFS application tier holds a cache of the source control files so the users can download files from this cache instead of downloading them from the data base. In order to boost performance you can change the size of this cache and how much old files to delete, you can do it in the following way: Step 1: Open the Web.config file located in [Program Files]\Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Team Foundation Server\Web Services\VersionControl Step 2: Locate the <appSettings> section. Step 3: Now...